TABLE 1.--Record of fur seals branded on the Pribilof Islands, 
ne A ETA SE CS I Ba EE SI SE SND 

1896 - 1941 
a A a ed 
Year St. Paul Island St. George Island Total 


Pups 3-yr. llales Pups 3-yr. lales 


1896 315 62 377 
1897 5,371 1,880 75251 
1898 2 9 363 die ane 2 9 363 
1899 2,191 nm 2,191 
1900 1; 698 --_- = 1, 698 
1901 4,173 686 4,859 
1902 1,416 1,326 2,742 
1903 1,352 1,332 
1904 a Eats 
1912 3,227 2,001 295 5,523 
1923 hy 246 801 5,047 
1925 800 800 
1927 200 i 200 
1928 200 200 
—1929 200 200 
1940 5,000 5,000 
1941 10,000 E 10, 000 

Y pata for the period 1896-1903 are from Hanna (1921: 111- 
112), except that his record for St. Paul for 1903 has been 
changed to indicate no seals branded rather than no record kept, 
All seals branded from 1896 to 1903 were female pups, with the 
exception of 158 female adults. In 1904, seals were branded but 
no record was kept (Lembkey 1908: 72). Data for 1912 are from 
Hanna (1917: 97) and Lembkey (1913: 81-82). They represent pups 
of both sexes. Data for the period 1923 to 1929 are from annual 
reports of the Bureau of Fisheries and from the St. Paul Island 
log. Another report, probably unreliable, states that 1,733 
male 4-year old seals were branded in 1924 (Japanese Bureau of 
Fisheries 1933: 11). 
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